Os grid squares11/17/2023 ![]() ![]() We can see that the forest and shore have come out nicely. Geom_sf(data = roads, fill = '#B4BFB0',color = '#B4BFB0') +Ĭoord_sf(xlim = c(coords, coords), Geom_sf(data = rivers, fill = '#cce6ff', color = NA) + Geom_sf(data = water, fill = '#cce6ff', color = NA) + This is a plot of these features centred around the Isle of Mull in Scotland. Note that we are transforming these shapefiles into the WGS 84 coordinate reference system (CRS). Load all of these shapefiles using the following commands: wood % st_transform(4326) We’re going to plot roads, rivers, bodies of water and forests. Looking inside the folder, you can see there are various shapefiles representing different features in the NM grid square. Choose ESRI shapefile and download.Įxtract the data and put it in a folder called os-walkthrough in your working directory. Head to that link, choose ‘Set a custom area’ and choose the NM grid square. We’re going to start with the VectorMap District data. In this post I’m going to show you how to download OS data and use it to plot a simple map of the Isle of Mull in the Hebrides, Scotland. Some OS open data covers the whole of Britain while other datasets allow you to choose a grid square or squares to save you having to download data you don’t need. These are squares 100km by 100km that divide up the island of Great Britain. Grid squaresįundamental to understanding OS data is the concept of grid references. They publish various paid-for datasets but they also have a rich source of open data available to download. I had always assumed OS data was a paid-for service. They publish all kinds of topographical data about Britain such as addresses, roads, terrain, contours and more besides. OS is a mapping agency for Great Britain. In this post I’ll explain how to get hold of the OS data and plot it using R. After I discovered Ordnance Survey’s (OS) open data, I switched over to theirs instead. When I started my mapping project OSM was the data source I used. In a previous post I showed how to access and plot data from Open Street Map (OSM) in R. This is my new blog where I tell stories about Britain’s history, culture and geography through maps. Author’s note: if you like this post, you might like Landmark Atlas. ![]()
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